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29.04.2022

Dutch inland navigation bundles forces

In the Netherlands, the board of the Koninklijke Binnenvaart Nederland (KBN) and the interim board of the Expertise and Innovation Centre for Inland Shipping (EICB), Bureau Voorlichting Binnenvaart (BVB) and Bureau Telematica...

29.04.2022

Irisl plans fleet expansion

According to the Iranian press, the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines' (Irisl) managing director Mohammadreza Modares-Khiabani has stressed the importance of self-sufficiency in the development of the national fleet. Thus,...

28.04.2022

MSC going for more mid-haul units

The Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC), the carrier with the highest maritime container capacity worldwide as of January 2022, is banking on more newbuilds. According to press reports, fourteen new 7,000 teu units have been...

28.04.2022

Did piracy take a break?

There is a moderate reduction in piracy activities worldwide, as the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) reports in its latest study. The IMB is a department of the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce. The reported...

28.04.2022

Sustainability à la Hapag-LLoyd

The Hamburg-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd has published its sustainability report for 2021. The group's strategic goals for the next ten years in this field are based on the pillars “clean shipping and future-proof propulsion”,...

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27.04.2022

New leadership for Global Maritime Forum

The Global Maritime Forum elected Jan Dieleman as its new chairman at its annual general meeting which was this month (April 2022). Dieleman succeeds Peter Stokes, who is stepping down after five years at the helm, having been...

27.04.2022

ZCT becomes a weekly service

Haifa-based shipping company ZIM is upgrading its ZIM Container Service Turkey (ZCT) to a weekly service, effective mid-May 2022. The transatlantic ZCT thus provides an enhanced connection between Turkey and the US East...

27.04.2022

Scandlines sails out of the storm

Compared to 2020, ferry operator Scandlines increased sales by 20% to EUR 328 million last year, retaining its ebitda margin at 41%. In 2021, the company’s two ferry routes on the Baltic Sea generated revenues of EUR 260 million...

26.04.2022

Duisport's look across the borders

The Duisport Group is looking back on an exceptionally good financial year 2021. At the company’s annual press conference, CEO Martin Bangen attributed this success in part to the company’s broad-based business model. Sales...

26.04.2022

Rotterdam also feeling the impact

It has been a difficult start of the year for Rotterdam, too. 113.6 million t of freight passed through the port in Q1/2022, 1.5% less than the 115.2 million t in Q1/2021. While the throughput of mineral oil products and iron ore...

26.04.2022

More LNG for Yang Ming

Taiwan-based shipping company Yang Ming will equipped five new 15,000 teu container vessels with dual-fuel LNG power. In a press release, Yang Ming described LNG as a "mature low-carbon alternative" to regular fuel,...

26.04.2022

New TEX service to start next month

Hamburg-based carrier Hapag-Lloyd will launch the new regular service Turkey East Coast Express (TEX) in mid May 2022. The weekly service will call the three Turkish ports of Izmit, Aliaga and Mersin and connect them...

25.04.2022

DP World moving up steadily

DP World saw its throughput rising in Q1/2022. The operator handled a total of 19.3 million teu worldwide, with gross container volumes increasing by 1.7% year-on-year on a reported basis and up 1.9% on a like-for-like basis....

25.04.2022

Antwerp growing in all segments but one

In Q1/2022, the Belgian Port of Antwerp’s throughput declined slightly by 1.5% compared to the same period last year, amounting to a total of 58.3 million t. The container segment was particularly hit, its volume going down by...

25.04.2022

Thor's hammer now part of the fleet

“Thor” has joined the fleet of Harren & Partner, a German shipping and logistics group. It is a 2010-built dynamic positioning (DP2) jack-up crane vessel designed to carry out maintenance projects at offshore wind energy...

22.04.2022

OOCL confirms the trend

Hong-Kong-based Orient Overseas Container Line’s results in Q1/2022 were in line with current developments in the shipping industry: revenues grew by 71%, while volumes went down. In its quarterly report, the liner spoke of...

22.04.2022

Kribi's greening recognised

The award is the fruit of a longer process. In Cameroon, Kribi Conteneurs Terminal (KCT), which operates the container terminal of the Autonomous Port of Kribi, has been granted the Green Terminal label following an audit...

22.04.2022

Turku weathered 2021 well

In 2021, cargo transports through the Port of Turku moved sidewards compared to 2020. About 2.4 million t of cargo were handled, exports and imports being on par. Around 123,000 trucks and trailers passed through the port, 2.4%...

21.04.2022

Another MSC service to commence

Swiss Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC)’s new Bengal service is about to launch. Offering a direct link between South China and Bangladesh, the weekly service will connect Shenzhen's Yantian and Shekou terminals with Singapore...